NATO Will Not Leave without a Share of Libya

The chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran pointed out that as long as NATO does not implement their economic, political and strategic policies, it will most certainly interfere with the changes and movements of the Libyan people, emphasizing the fact that NATO, along with America, is seeking to attain political, economic and strategic goals in post-Gadhafi Libya. Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh referenced changes in Libya and NATO’s role in the future of the country in an interview with the Farda News Political Service. He said that NATO’s policy in post-Gadhafi Libya will continue along the lines of America’s policies in Iraq and Afghanistan. NATO will not leave without its slice of Libya.

This Western Islamabad representative of the Majlis stated that NATO will pursue the same agendas that it had after the Cold War. He added that before 1994 and the revision of the constitution, the foundation of the NATO constitution was as follows: If one of the NATO member countries were under attack, the other NATO member countries would be obligated to reciprocate the attack against the aggressor country. However, after 1994 and a few years after the Cold War, this constitution was revised and reformed. The member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Majlis stipulated that, based on the changes that have taken place in the constitution, NATO can utilize their military capability for the advancement of political, cultural and economic goals in the world. In reality, these military tools have already been put towards these political, economic and cultural objectives.

The member of the Majlis’ Fundamentalists Federation continued on and said that based on this, if a country did not observe the new human rights world order or had been recognized as a threat to international security, NATO was obligated to take precautionary and preemptive steps against that country. This has been witnessed in Iraq, Afghanistan and most recently in Libya. Falahatpisheh said that in recent years, NATO, along with America, has advanced its own military goals in the world. He also pointed out that the first, second and third echelons of this military organization are determined in conjunction with America’s views, that the main decision maker is America and that NATO is considered a military arm of America.

The chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee stated that the first step of NATO and American policies in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and today in Libya is a military step, highlighting the fact that NATO will pursue past policies of its own in post-Gadhafi Libya. He also said that NATO will proceed toward the second step, which is strategic, of obtaining a share of Libya, and that in addition to the creation of military bases in this country, NATO will attempt a conversion of Libya in the form of a collaborative plan for peace with NATO. The Majlis’ representative added that based on this plan, some of Iran’s neighboring countries that have participated in NATO defense policies hold joint maneuvers with NATO’s cooperation, in which NATO moves to eradicate their military and political concerns.

Falahatpisheh called the third step of NATO activities in Libya a political step and specified that during this step, NATO will try to have a primary role in the organization and structure of the constitution and policies of Libya after the fall of Gadhafi until it resembles a western construction. He also named Libya a strategic area in North Africa and said that NATO and America have a special interest in this country, and they will try to get as much benefit as possible from the Libyan changes. This same member of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission called the fourth step in Libya an economic one and emphasized that with the support of its military and political policies, NATO is definitely in pursuit of economic contracts with Libya.

The representative of West Islamabad continued on and said that last year Gadhafi’s government had designed a $150 billion development plan and tried to invite other countries to participate in this plan. Around 2,500 km of territorial waters and the high economic capability of this country’s oil fields have been calculated in Libya. NATO and America will certainly seek to obtain these economic resources. Falahatpisheh stressed that the collection of factors and desired shares of Libya reflects the reality that as long as NATO does not implement their own economic, political and strategic policies, it will definitely still interfere in the changes and movements of the people of Libya.